Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

George Houtz, editor Of the Gettysburg
! Herald, was married to Miss Irene Merrirnan,
of Bluat, Wednesday.
II is suite reliably reported that tracl-ssy.
ing has commer ced on the Manitoba south
west from Waite town.
A regular organized society of the White
Cross with a complete set Of flee RS has been
established at Yankton.
The septh Dakota fair just closed at Mitch
ell Is generally conceded To have been the
best ever held IL the country.
George H.dsel, OF Grand Forks, hal his
arm torn of by a thresbing engine Wednes-
day while adjusting a pump.
The North Dakota anti-saloon alliance was
organized at Jamestown, Thursday. l.. w.
Starbird, OF Fargo, is president.
The North Dakota elevator at Wheatland
burned Wednesday. The building and As 600
bushels Of wheat we're a total loss.
Col. 3. F.. Campbell, OF Stoux Falls, Is to
be Dakota's representative In the Grand Army
council Of administration for next year.
A new Gnd OF rich chloride silver ore has
been struck Ia the Iron Hill mine at Dead
wooo. Th< stock of that mine Ia held 1T So q
share.
The Norteerh Pscltic elevator COMPANY has
built thirteen new elevators in Dakota this
year, with an average capacity Of 10000
bushels.
There are COCO acres OF choice Northern
P'c'nc Indemnity lani around Minor, and
scores OF CLAIM shsnties are going up In every
direction.
Northern Pacific station agents are in
structed 10 furnish ears To be loaded on side
tracks az al stations where there are public
elevators.
The trustees Of the insane asylum a. Yank.
ton approved last Wednesday the plans fer
The asylum additions, drawn by Architect
Dew, Of Sioux Falls.
The Northwestern has surveyed a line from
Tracy to Demoster, paraileliug the Winona
and 81 Peter and the Dakota Central and
running between them.
A g rdicate with 500, 900 capital hiss hern
organized in Sioux Falls for the purpose OF
booming Oakes, 9 new crossing railway town
in Dickey county, Dakota.
The Excelsior Touring mill at Ysnkton he's
begun TO run twenty-four hours per day, and
the managers expect 10 continue through the
winter running night aud day.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed: Dex.
ter, \. Cutting Oldham, 2. f. Nurphey;
Gutter, s. NJ. Booth; Mount Vernon, NJ.
DoughertY; New Salem, NJ. Schultz.
II is rumored that the Northwestern is i'm
mediately to send out a corps of surveyors,
who are to run a line from Mitchell to Har
rold, on which the grading is TO be done THE
fall.
President McLouth, of the B~rookings Agri-
cultural college, says VI. v. Miller, of the
board OF trustees, did not take away any of
the funds Of the college when he left the terri
tory.
There is a remarkable scarcity Of laborers
IA Sioux Falls. In consequence they are ctm-
handing from $50 70 81 per day. Many i'm
provements are being delayed by the scarcity
Of carpenters.
At the DoviI's Lake fair the Eve mile race
for the cnamr ienship of the northwest was
won by Miss Eckies of Minnesota. 1t Was verJ
close, and there Is a probability Of another
race to decide the matter.
Lauren Dunlap, well known In Dakota &C
former commissioner OF immigration. now on
the staff Of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, was
married IN a Wisconsin lady a few days after
he obtained his divorce.
CHRISTOPHER jacobson, q Norwegian, who
was drunk, broke into The house Of Mrs.
Berseman near Bristol, Wednesday, and at
tam ted to outrage her. The timely arriva.
OF a neighbor frustrated his designs.
Don C.. Needaam, Ct the Horseshoe Lake
ranch, lost his eel 'hratel mare. Sally Slasher,
IN the livery stable ire at Mitchell on Satur-
cay. Sally was tweniy.three years old, had a
80 record, and was valued for what she had
been.
An unsucca ssful attempt was made TO Kill
Superintendent Green, OF the Missouri divl-
sion Of the Northern Pacific, Monday. A
man named Keily bad been working for the
road AS brakeman, and claimed 20 cents more
than had cecn paid. He pulled a Winchester
and fred. The bullet missed Green and went
through window casing. Kelly was arrested.
Ia the United States court at Bismarck
Monday, Htrnao Gunther was tried for may
hem. He WAS indicted last spring for kicking
out the eye OF Private Edward Kemble at
Fort Yates. Gurther was sergeant OF cavalry
The jarv returned a verdict IT guilty after a
few Minutes elaboration.
The jury in the Baker murder case at Bis
marck, after being out 50 hours, returned a
verdict Of not guilty at five O'Clock Monday
night. The defendant, Henry VI. Baker, va
indicted at The last March term of the terrific
rial court for the murd r of Peter Oleson, hs
brother-ia-lsw, by sCryea1iro poisoning last
December. He was tried lac. April. The
jury disagreed 4. this second trial. Baker
was defended by w. w. Erwin, of So. PAaI,
and District Attorney Hatch and ex-Districs
Attorney Geo, Z. F~lannery prosecuting. Tho
trial consumed all Of last week, exciting deep
interest. Pablo opinion on the verdict Is
.bout equally divided.